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A History of the County of Sussex
… 89 There was a room called the schoolroom in the parish workhouse in 1794, but it was apparently not then used for teaching; 90 in 1833, however, workhouse children were taught reading. 91 A school for c. 70 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… or workhouses. A plan to use the church house as a workhouse in 1733 was apparently not carried out. 18 In 1763 … house south of Dial Post for use as a poorhouse. 19 A workhouse was mentioned in 1780, 20 and there was a poorhouse … bills and giving £15 for fuel. 23 In 1794 the parish workhouse had 18 rooms including offices, 24 and in 1833 it …
The Environs of London
… that they had been alienated before. In the Westham workhouse there were, in March 1796, 125 paupers; in the London workhouse, near Westham Abbey, 38. …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1,000 in trust for the aged inmates of the West Ham union workhouse. In 1964 3 s. 6 d. was given to each of 160 old …
A History of the County of Essex
… original one. 12 The new building, sometimes called the 'workhouse', 13 had ceased to be used for its intended purpose …
A History of the County of Essex
… in Abbey Road, West Ham, on the site of the old parish workhouse, where it continued until about the end of 1856. … by the gutta percha works and originally by the parish workhouse. 286 An exten sion, housing a cotton-mill, was … 12 Oct. 1858. It may have incorporated part of the former workhouse building; inf. from Mr. F. Sainsbury. Kelly's Dir. …
A History of the County of Essex
… officers. In 1731 that committee was merged with the workhouse trustees, a body appointed for the first time in … overseer', and between 1754 and 1777 was also workhouse master. The beadles were well paid and wore … for the poor until 1725, when the vestry built a workhouse in Abbey Lane on a site given by Sir Gregory Page, …
Survey of London
… quarter called Hockley-in-the-Hole, the parish workhouse, built in the 1720s, was greatly enlarged in 1790. Prison, workhouse, hospital and distillery had all gone by the end of … John Oldcastle's, the Cobham's Head public house and the workhouse) to Warner for 1,900. But the dispute continued …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… other land was sold in 1897 to form part of the Willesden workhouse infirmary site and some in 1900 to the Royal …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… ceiling-beams also remain. ConditionPoor. c(17). The Old Workhouse, at the back of the Post Office, on the E. side of …